don cruickshank articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Action 2000 optimism criticised

...authorities were at "severe risk" of bug disruption. Action 2000's chairman Don Cruickshank, believes the dramatic change is down to hard work in the... Read more

20 October, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Analysis: New Y2K danger - bug boredom

...them made from yesterday's conference would have certainly impressed Houdini However, Don Cruickshank defends the colour code system as the only way of uniting... Read more

22 April, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

LookBack '98: A year in the life of the Bug

...shame" laggard companies, she provided a stark contrast to Action 2000 chairman Don Cruickshank and his more optimistic approach. By July Flower's worries seemed... Read more

24 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

Easynet warns against telecoms complacency

The machete of regulation must be wielded to prevent a competitive telecoms market being choked by the jungle of incumbency, says Easynet's chief executive Read more

18 December, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

A Year Ago: Local authorities slam Action 2000's naming 'n shaming

First published: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:40:27 GMT Read more

13 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

News Burst: Millennium bug will not bite

Government agency Action 2000 says everything is rosy Read more

20 October, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Local authorities slam Action 2000's naming 'n shaming

If you live in East Northamptonshire, Rugby, Warwick, Charnwood in Leicestershire, Hart in Hampshire or Restormel in Cornwall...watch out! Read more

12 July, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Airlines to be given go ahead in October

The final decision on whether foreign airlines will be allowed to fly into or out of the UK over the millennium period... Read more

22 April, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

OFTEL boss Cruickshank to quit

OFTEL chief Don Cruickshank will quit as the UK's telecommunications regulator next March. The... Read more

23 September, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Morning Edition: LSE Cruickshanked, Motorola gets secure and Boxman v2.0

Don Cruickshank, chairman of the London Stock Exchange, has cast fresh doubts over... Read more

26 October, 2000 by Ian Jones

A Year Ago: Tony Blair warns Britain's business

...review of broadband services and the monopoly of BT and called on Don Cruickshank, through his Independent Banking Review, to urge the banks to make... Read more

13 September, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Rupert's Weekly Roundup (15/5/2000)

Each day I gather, translate and give my take on the breaking stories of the day in an easy-to-swallow format at the News Digest. In order for you to catch up on the week in one fell swoop the fab chaps I work with, round them all up and put them right here for you. Read more

19 May, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

A Year Ago: 'Severe risk' of Y2K disruption

...forces and nine percent of NHS organisations at "severe risk" of disruption Don Cruickshank, chairman of Action 2000 admitted today that he is worried that... Read more

21 April, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Getting ready for the year 2000

...days and weeks following the date change, but Action 2000's director Don Cruickshank is confident they will be small glitches. "In the UK they... Read more

31 December, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Action 2000: UK ready for millennium

...The risks of anything catastrophic happening are infinitesimal," said Action 2000 chairman Don Cruickshank. "With many organisations having higher staffing levels than usual over New... Read more

17 December, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

16 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

1 day ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

1 day ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

1 day ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

1 day ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

2 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

3 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

3 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround